Table 1 Table of search terms based on guidelines by Peters et al. [79]. For full search strategy adapted for each database, please see Appendix 1

Population

Research Personnel [MeSH] OR Researcher OR researchers OR investigators OR scientists

Concept

Ethics OR ethical OR equity OR equitable OR equality OR fair OR fairness OR values OR justice OR “social justice”

Context

International Cooperation [MeSH] OR Cooperative Behavior [MeSH] OR Collaboration OR collaborators OR cooperation OR international collaboration OR decision making OR international scientific collaboration OR international research collaboration [AND] “Empirical studies” OR “qualitative research” OR “qualitative methods” OR opinion OR perspective